Our favorite family trips through Europe — from biking in the Netherlands to exploring Italy’s ancient ruins and charming small towns.
Well.. back in August I thought I was taking my last family photo as a family of four, but our new little guy waited till October 5th to make his debut. As I am sure you can imagine October was crazy as we adjusted to our new life with three little ones. Now, in November, …
Dordrecht is the oldest city in the Netherlands and falls into the category of ‘ridiculously cute Dutch town.’ It is the fourth largest city in the provence of South Holland. The city is built in the Rhine delta, and like many Dutch towns is full of picturesque canals, bridges and boats. Our visit fell on Sinterklaas’ arrival …
The Feast of St. Martin is celebrated each November 11th with children going door to door singing and carrying lanterns. Much like on Halloween, children are given a treat at each house they visit. St. Martin is known as a friend to children and a patron of the poor. The children celebrate St. Martin’s with …
While several dozen pottery factories churned out blue pottery in Delft in the seventeenth century, you can only find two open factories in the city now. Royal Delft and Delft Pauw are those two factories. You can read our review of Royal Delft here. These two options for the iconic Delft blue pottery could not …
Eating delicious cheese is one of the true joys of living in the Netherlands. Our middle little, O, is particularly fond of all things cheese. When we found a cheese farm outside of Utrecht with lots to offer we added it to our itinerary. Although we’ve been to the cheese museums in Gouda and Alkmaar …
The Netherlands Waterline Museum is located just outside of Utrecht, nestled inside of Fort Vechten. The Waterline Museum offers a discount for Museumkaart holders (2.50 Euros off adult admission) and there is a parking fee (3 Euros). Exploring Fort Vechten is free. You can arrange for a guided tour of the fort, but it must …
Leiden is home to an adorable train museum and working steam train. It is amazing it took us a year to visit, despite driving past the place every few weeks. Stoomtrein Katwijk Leiden uses the old Valkenburg train station as its home base. Buy your train ticket at the ticket booth (8 Euros/adult) and then proceed to …
One of the few advantages of being overdue (41 weeks, 5 days) was squeezing an extra date night out of the wait. My in-laws were in town, anxiously awaiting the birth of our new little guy. They generously volunteered to watch not only our two littles, but also the two littles of our friends so …
Perhaps my favorite little place in Delft is a cafe just off the main square called Kek. It is the perfect place to grab coffee, cake or lunch. I’ve ordered nothing at Kek that was not absolutely delicious. I tend to alternate between the egg bake and the BLAT sandwich (pictured above). I recently saw …
We’ve been living in Delft a full year and still had not set foot inside the New Church (Nieuwe Kerk). The church tower is 109 meters tall and for €2 you can climb to the top. One clear Saturday in October, with me 40 weeks pregnant, a friend and I decided to climb the tower in an …